I am alerted by a group member that a hint of flames is creeping into some
posts of late. Not having seen them for the reason cited above, I feel
quite free to reiterate an important principle of this group - No Flames.
We can post our ideas, opinions, and if others differ, let them. They can
be wrong, and so can we!
>From the topics discussed thus far in this group, I can't for the life of
me, see any scope for a 'flaming' post. Nevertheless, I would strongly urge
the group to pay particular attention to this issue.
I am repeating the original "Welcoming" message here.
We invite you to join us in a new adventure on the Information
Highway.
Welcome to Telusa?!
Goals:
"Telusa?" is a forum for TELe discussion of issues related to TELUgu
SAhityam. Constructive critiques are OK. The scope of "sahityam"
includes discussion of Telugu literary issues, including historical
anecdotes about Telugu writers. By Telugu literature we mean the full
range of topics from ancient to modern, classical to revolutionary,
prose, poetry, drama, fiction, non fiction, essays, science writings,
journalistic writings, writing style, issues related to
standardization and translation (from other languages to Telugu as
well as from Telugu to other languages). I would also keep discussions
about (a) teaching Telugu as a second language and (b) bringing Telugu
into the information age within the scope of these discussions. In
short, keep the scope broad. The goal is enlighten, educate, or
entertain.
Ground Rules:
Telugu politics, Telugu cinema (save the literary component), missing
person inquiries, matrimonials, and the like are beyond the scope of
this forum.
The tone of the discussion should be civil and professional. There is
no need to drag the discussion into the gutter.
For practical reasons, the length of a posting should be limited. I
suggest one to two screenfuls of material should be a typical length.
Using "Reply" command should be minimized, unless it is essential to
quote the original verbatim. Everyone who wants to post should compose
the piece separately, review it for their own satisfaction, before
rushing it to post.
Like in print media, there should be some oversight on what is being
posted. At least a minimum oversight to discourage uncivil behavior.
The threat of an editorial prerogative should be sufficient to
discourage misuse of an otherwise powerful medium.
Instead of empty discussion on the Net, we should strive to use this
medium to polish our thoughts, update our facts, and eventually become
good at what we want to say and then try to capture the distilled
thoughts in the form of things that can be captured in the print
media.
One thing I'd dearly like to see is to be able to post Telugu items in
Telugu script (I am not opposed to RIT) and read them back in Telugu
script on my screen without going through elaborate processing on my
end. That will truly make this effort useful.
V. Rao Vemuri
University of California
Ramakrishna Pillalamarri